Genus
Mimus (Typical mockingbirds)
Mimus polyglottos. Photo: (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae. It contains the typical mockingbirds. In 2007, the genus Nesomimus was merged into Mimus by the American Ornithologists’ Union. The genus name is Latin for “mimic”.